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+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Fair and becoming windy and colder today. Fair and colder With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUME II Rioting Convicts Demand To See Stevenson Horlem Hails Adlai ; Ike Tours New York Tells Big Negro Audience He’s For FEPC Law NEW YORK «P>—Adlai E. Stevenson tackled today one of the toughest schedules of his campaign, a program that called for a 90-mile tour of New Jersey as a pre liminary to a big Democratic shindig tonight at Madison Square Garden. Stevenson’s itinerary for the day also included an automobile j-ide through New York’s famous gar ment district and a 10-minute ad dress to women Democrats at the Commodore Hotel. The Democratic presidential can didate went into Harlem Monday night and told an estimated 125,- 000 listeners, most of them Ne groes, that the civil rights prob lem could not be solved by “easy promises." DENOUNCES IKE He also denounced Dwight D. Eisenhower as a political chame leon, saying he changed his politi cal ideals to match those of his (Continued On Page Six) Four Men Held In Negro's Death JJtSL&SI atiitlc J.hinqji By HOOVER ADAMS COUNTRY JERNIGAN KNOWS THE PEOPLE J. T. (Country) Jernigan, Erwin’s super-duper salesman, is an en thusiastic Democrat and also a man who knows a lot about human na ture. Country, as everybody knows him, says he can spot a Republican or a Democrat a mile away. He was making that claim the other morn ing in Fletcher Jernigan’s barber shop during a good-natured politi cal argument with Carl Byrd and Carl Lucas. To the tune of a $5 bet apeice, Country'Convinced them. He bet the two Carls five apiece that he could stop the next five strangers who passed by and tell which party they be'onged to. He called the first one a Demo crat and was right. “I knew’ he was,” relates Country, “because he looked like a man who knew where he was going.” The second man was also a Dem- Conttnuert On Paee Bix> Red Cross Planning Gifts For Hospital Although Christmas is two months off, the executive board of the Dunn-Erwin Chapter of the American Red Cross was reminded of the holiday when its quota for gifts to the Veteran’s hospitals was outlined at a meeting held in the Erwin Home Economics Building last night. Mrs. Grace Swain, reporting for Mrs. Johnnie Lee Marks, chairman of the Camp and Hospital com mittee, pointed out that the Chap ter is operating in the red this i year, and the quota cannot be met from Chapter funds. The quota for the Chapter In cludes: 30 pens, costing no more than a dollar, gift wrapped, for the Veteran's Hospital in Fayetteville; 50 gift, packages each containing four packs of cigarettes and candy for the hospital at Fort Bragg; 25 boxes of stationery; and 35 pounds of nuts. QUOTA IS DIVIDED • It wqs decided to divide the quota between the Dunn and Erwin sec tions of the Chapter, with each TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 HST Defends Give 'Em Hell Campaigning ; ST. PAUL, Minn., (IB— ■ President Truman said to (day that newspapers and ‘ Republicans should be j “shocked and horrified by the facts I have brought out“ instead of criticizing his “give ’em hell” cam paign technique. , In a speech prepared for deliv ' ery here, the President lashed out at what he called the “one party . press” and its “lofty editorials.” “Maybe they are all ashamed of this man they now support,” , Mr. Truman said of newspaper . editors. “Instead of hurling epithets at . me, they should be calling on their . favored candidate to face up to the grave defect in his own course of conduct and in his party’s re cord.” The President was scheduled to stop at Winona, Red Wing and Hastings, Minn., before arriving ; here at 11 a. m. c. s. t. He will push ! (Continued On Page Six) STATE NEWS BRIEFS WILSON —(IP)— Testimony was expected to be concluded today in a $365,000 damage suit brought against the federal government. The case, beins»heard by Feder al Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro, is an outgrowth fit an automobile accident on thfe night of Sept. 6, 1949, near Camp Lejeune in which three persons were killed and three others seriously injured. RALEIGH —(IP)— State officials today burned $375,000 worth of retired bonds of the state—owned Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road, marking the first time since its organization 98 years ago that the line has been debt-free. RALEIGH Os) The 2,500 women attending the National Home Demonstration Agents’ con ference here were honored by a formal reception last night at the executive mansion. RALEIGH (1?) The 10 a. m. bloodshed boxscores on North Carolina highway, compiled by the Deoartment of Motor Vehicles: Killed in the past 24 hours 2 Injured rural in the past 24 hours lO. Killed to date this year B6B Killed to date last year 853. branch to secure - half the quota. All gifts must be secured before December 12, Mrs. Swain explained. Mrs. Swain paid high tribute to ; the Junior Order for the splendid program they presented last month. The group also furnished the re freshments. ‘Either hospital would be glad to have a program by any organ ization,” Mrs. Swain declared. “Even | just visiting helps.’* She quoted one of the patients as saying, “We get awfully tired of just looking at each : other and we deeply appreciate the fellowship provided by the visits of outside groups.” She suggested that the members of the Chapter interest orgsniza -11 (CenUaeed On Page Tine) (Eh? B ailtj Ike Says Adlai Untutored For World Problems NEW YORK (IP)—Dwight D. Eisenhower over charges his pledge to visit Korea “may have delayed an armistice,” took his cam paign today to two heavily populated Long Island counties He devoted the entire morning to a trip by automobile through the counties of Queens and Nas sau, where voters have set new registration records, in a renewed bid for the state’s electoral votes. The Reublican presidential Can didate returned to the city by train following a one-day stumping tour of Pennsylvania, also a key state in the election, just one week away. Eisenhower was particularly an gered by Gov. Adlai E. Steven son’s charge that his promise to visit the Korean battlefront could have delayed an armistice. He countercharged at Pittsburgh Mpnday night that Stevenson, the Democratic candidate, had a men i Continued on page two) Four Negro youths were arrested here today and or dered held pendng an inqest into the death of Charles Williams, 23-year-old Negro of Dunn, Route 4, who died in the Dunn Hospital yester day. Cumberland County Coroner Joe Pinkston said an inquest will be held at a date to be announced later to determine whether or not Will iams died as the result of wounds received in a fight or whether death was caused when he was struck by an automobile. Williams, the victim, was the son of Onnie Williams, who lives on the farm of Hugh W. Prince of Dunn. Willie Smith, another Negro, told officers that his car struck Will iams bodv early Monday morning on the Godwln-Falcon road, near Jim Smith’s store. He said he immediately stopped aqd rushed the injured man to the Dunn Hispital. where he died a few hours later. Head wounds which doctors said could not have been caused by an automobile aroused suspicion and authorities were called in to In vestigate. SCUFFLE ESTABLISHED Coroner Pinkston said it had b<“>n definitely established that the dead man was in a scuffle at the station Sundav night, with at least two or three of the four men being held. Neither of the four being held, however, have admitted the fight. The bodv of Williams was moved to Favetteville this afternoon for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. .Those arrested here and later re moved to the Cumberland County iau were: King David Graham. 26, Prince Jackson, 77. and Ray Par ker. alias Rav Williams, 10 all of dutryvllle Route 1. and Eddie Boy Graham. 34, of 621 Person Street, Favetteville. Coroner Pinkston said It had been very difficult to secure information since most witnesses didn’t want to talk. He said the date of the inquest would be set after more evidence and information is secured. WEEKEND AT BEACH Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Bales and Jan Aycock soent the past week end at Carolina Beach. ATTEND RECEPTION Those from Dunn attending the Order of the Eastern Star recept ion in Sanford Sunday (evening were: Mrs. Curtis Ennis, Mrs. Paul L. Strickland, Mrs. R. A. Duncan, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Prince, Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Strickland and Mrs. V. J. Rice. DUNN, N. C.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 28, 1952 Byrnes Reminds That FDR, Harry Split Tickets CHARLOTTE (IP)— Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina said last night that President Truman and the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt voted for Republi can candidates over their own party’s nominees. In defending his support of GOP presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower, Byrnes quoted a “friendly biographer” of Mr. Tru tnan. as skying that the president “boaSts" of voting for a Republican in an Independence, Mo., local election. Byrnes, who joined Democratic Gov. Robert Kennon of Louisiana and Allen Shivers of Texas in support of Eisenhower, said the late President Roosevelt remarked that he voted for GOP candidate Theodore Roosevelt in the 1904 presidential election instead of the Democratic nominee. OTHERS HAVE SAME RIGHT “When these leaders of the Demo cratic party claim for themselves the right to support Republican candidates, certainly other Demo crats can exercise the same right,” he said. Byrnes, who spoke to a radio and television audience in North and South Carolina, said he not vote for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson who has “com pletely suprrendered to Mr. Truman and daily defended the record of administration.” V 1 Tar Heel Leader Supporting Ike CHARLOTTE, N. C. (IPI Former Army Secretary Kenneth Royal said today he would vote for Dwight Eisenhower because “he is the only leader of any democratic nation in the world whom the Kremlin both fears and respects.” Royall said he had “never voted any part of the Republican ticket and never intended to” until Eisenhower was nominated. AFFIRMATIVE GROUNDS He said in a prepared statement issued at state Citizens for Eisen hower headquarters here that he would make an exception “with the greatest of pleasure” to vote for the Republican presidential candidate. “My decision to vote for General,- Eisenhower would not have been made unless I had felt very strongly for him of affirmative and not neg ative grounds,” Royall said. BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IB—John L. Lewis and anthracite op erator were reported near agreement today on a $1.90 a day wage increase for 65,000 hard coal miners. WASHINGTON lIB—A company headed by West Coast oil man Ralph K. Davies today bought the American Presi dent Steamship Lines-formerly the Dollar Line for $lB,- 360,000. NEW YORK (IB—A “fairly sharp” earthquake 1,560 mile to the south was recorded here today, Father Joseph Lynch, Fordham University seismologist, reported. NEW YORK (IB—Lord Ogilvy, heir to the ancient Scot tish earldom of Airle, and his American bride, the former (Continued on Page Two) Vaccine For Polio Not Yet Developed WASHINGTON Oh The Medi cal director of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis said today science still has not dev eloped a “vaccine that can be used safely and on a large scale” to prevent pplio. Dr. Hart E. Van Riper said much research lies ahead despite recent optimistic reports from Baltimore, Texas and lowa. He described a vaccine developed from killed polio virus by Dr. Howard Howe of Johns Hopkins University as “Just too dangerous” for general use. HARMFUL EFFECTS The vaccine la likely to cause an “allergic encephalitis" in human beings. Van Riper said. The chanpes of contracting this, he said, would be greater than the ordinary HELPING REDSKINS WIN The cheering section is an important part of every football game. Members of the team respond to the encouragement they get from the sidelines and often the support results in a' touchdown play. Shown are the cheer leaders of the Erwin High School Redskins foot ball team. Pictured are, left to right, Jessie Suggs, Jo Ann Whitman, Patricia Whitman, Chief Ryals, Roger Sessoms and Shirley Bayles. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dearborn). McCarthy Says Reds For Adlai CHICAGO (IB—Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy left for Connecticut today after tell ing 1,400 howling admires that Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson and some of his associates have long records of associa tions with alleged left-wing j organizations. The Wisconsin Republican made , bis., ■“documenfetion" ] or —ifvenson’s record bafore a na- - tionwide television and radio au- < dience Monday night. Stevenson, McCarthy said, en- : dorses “the suicidal Kremlin - ( shaped policies of this nation.” I The senator was given a stand- 1 ing ovation when he entered the i Grand Ballroom of the Palmer < House where a partisan crowd had 1 gathered—at SSO a plate—to dine : and hear his speech. McCarthy said an article carried 1 in the “Communist Daily Worker” Oct 19, 1952 proved Stevenson’s “left-wing” support. SAYS REDS DAMN IKE “They damn Dwight D. Eisen hower and what they call ‘Eisen howerism’ in the most vicious terms," McCarthy said. “They refer, and I quote, to “their hatred of Eisenhowerism and then go on to say that they do not like Stevenson too well (Continued on page two) chances of developing paralytic po lio. Howe’s research was a big for ward step, but most experts believe a good vaccine will be developed from a live—but weakened—virus rather than a dead one, Van Riper said. “I do not honestly feel that there will be any vaccine which would be available for effective use next summer” he said in a copyright ed interview with the magazine U. S. News ft World Report. Van Riper said use of Gamma Globulin in Texas and lowa in dicates such treatment Would be “very useful, although of quite lim ited application . . certainly it is not anything like a complete answer to our prohtsns.” FIVE CENTS PER COPY Amendments Vote Explained T o People RALEIGH OP) State officials today explained the wording of three constitutional amendment proposals'bn wtiien North Carolina voters will mark their ballots “yes” or “no” Nov. 4. In the absence of publicity, of ficials said many voters may be confused by the vague wording of the proposals as listed on the state ballot. All three proposals were sub mitted to the people by the 1951 General Assembly, but party of ficials said they are being offered strictly on a non-partisan basis. Neither the Democratic state ex ecutive committee or state conven Marines Recapture Important Points SEOUL, KOREA (IB—U. S. Marines recaptured all lost vital hills guarding Seoul today after destroying a full Chinese regiment of more than 2,000 men in 36 hours of bloody fighting. Attacking in heavy fog, the leathernecks mopped up “The Hook” and seized the outpost hills “Frisco.” “Ronson” and "Warsaw" by 8:40 a, m. 6:40 p. m. Monday EST against little opposition. The Reds had captured the heights in a “human sea" assault Sunday night. IN COMPLETE CONTROL “We are now in complete control of the situation”, said Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Pollock, commander of the Ist Marine Division. “It will take a hell of a big force to kick us off again. I consider one full Chinese regiment has been de stroyed in this fighting.” All the contested heights lay on the Western front near Panmunjom scene of the abortive Korean arm istice talks. They guarded one of the main invasion tforridqrs to Seoul. Although the Communists at one time early Monday penetrated the principal Allied defense line, an Bth Army briefing officer said the main defenses “were not seriously in danger” any time during the enemy’s “little offensive”. •MARKETS* COTTON NEW YORK (W Cotton futures prices at 1 p. m. EST today: New York Dec. 36.16; Mar. 36.55, New Orleans Dec. 36.15; Mar 38.54. EGGS AND POULTRY RALEIGH —HE— Central North Carolina live poultry: Fryers and broilers steady, supplies generally plentiful, demand fair to good; heavy hens weak, supplies plenti ful, demand fair. Prioez st farm up to 10 s. m.: Fryers and broilers 2 1-2 -3 lbs 30; heavy hens 33-34. Bggs steady, supplies generally (Continued on Page 2) i | tion took a stand on the aiqendr i : | ments. and Republicans likewise j ..have not taken a,stand op then*. 1 i j A Democratic party spokesman * ’ j here said the party "tried to keep i I constitutional amendments on a i ■ j non-partisan level.” ! The ballot will ask a voter to I ! mark whether he is for or against : “limiting the amount of total state i • and county tax which may be lev . led on property to 20 cents on the I ■ one hundred dollars valuation.” I Secretary of State Thad Eure said the present limit on property tax- , ■ es is 15 cents, so the amendment 'Continued on Rage Two) Pvt. Vaughan In Germany WITH THE 2D ARMORED DIV. IN GERMANY Pvt. Rup ert L. Vaughan, whose wife. Lun ette, lives at Dunn, recently ar rived in Germany and is now ser ving with the 2d Armored Division. Part of western Europe’s NATO Army, his unit is conducting train ing maneuvers in the U. S. Oc cupation Zone of Germany. Called the “Hell on Wheels” Division, it was the first American outfit to enter Berlin toward the end of World War 11. Private Vaughan was employed by 'Continued On Pace two' Harnett Scooters i Map Years PhrM Under the chairmanship of Waite W. Howard"tft Dunn, the Harnett County District Committee met lag night in Erwin to map out plans for the coming yctefc Nine scouters were present A. B. Brookshire, Field executive for the Wake and Harnett dis tricts, reported a generally healthy condition of the , troops in the county, with a few soft spots, no tably in Coats and Buie6 Creek, where local sponsors are in search of scout leaders. J. K. Bruton, chairman of the finance committee, reported sat isfactory progress in financing scouting in the county. If Harnett goes over the top. it is believed that it may be possible to assign » full-time field executive for ser vice in Harnett County, a very wmsfi desired goal. Don't Forget To Vote On November 4 NO. 231 Illinois Guards Warn They’ll . Go In Shooting MENARD, 111. (IP)— About 300 rioting convicts deman ded to speak to Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson today, and prison officials warned they would, ‘go in shooting” if seven captive guards were harmed by the prisonsers. The rebellious prisoners let it be known today they wanted to ptfft sent their grievances about the state prison here directly to Ste venson. . the. Democratic presiden tial candidate. Meanwhile, Warden Jerome J, Munie said: "We'll go in shooting if necessary if any of those guards are harmed. After all, if they hurt one we lifimti as well gamble on saving the reijr BULLETIN SALEM, Ore. (VI Six erne victs, three of them convicted mur derers, seized five guards and pled to escape from the Oregon state penitentiary during a dense fog today, bat were thwarted by gun fire which wounded two of the In mates. ««• The prisoners threatened to mat their hostages from the top Wfct'4 40-foot tier of cell if violence -be gunfire is used to break up the riot. When the convicts were told venson was on a campaign trip in the East, they said “if he can Os there he can fly back here.” - ENFORCEMENTS ENROUTE - Twenty state policemen went on the way here to bolster a heavily* armed squad of fellow officers ,ao4 prison guards today. About 445 state policeman and MO guards had the rioting convict! hemmed in the cell block and kept their riot guns trained on the quiet building. But they were careful not Big Vote lay Strain Polls NEW YORK WI Sponsors of a nationwide “get out the vote* campaign feared today the poßs next Tuesday will not be able to accommodate all the voters.,, The American Heritage Founda tion estimates that 15,000 more Americans will cast their next Tuesday than did so in. IMb : —a grand total of some 63,000 PM. ■ Unless state and city officials plan for the average 15 to 20 per cent increase of voters, some Os them, the foundation fears, WtU lose the chance to vote. The foundation has telegraphed ji governors and mayors of major • cities in all 48 states urging spe cial preparations to meet the tom ■ out. Parked Car Hit, j Damaged Slightly; A 1950 Ford, owned by Hajjfld Jernigan. parked in front of Tjig North Clinton Avenae, was dam aged in a Sunday morning accirlijg. when it was struck by a 1833 Chevrolet, driven by Leon and owned by Westbrook Chevroi let Co. Peacock told Policeman K. M. Fail, who investigated mat he Ra* driving north on Clbjtoo, passing - the parked car, when he was fofreed to swerve in order to avoid hitSgfjL an oncoming vehicle head on. g Damage to the parked Feud was estimated at about SBO and to tes car driven by Peacock at about Rip f DINNER IS SCHBB*nUBraS| Plans are under way for - the annual dinner for scouters and (M| wives, tentatively planned for BUR Creek, November 24. It is tgM that all scout officials will ttete including troop oftioers and MB committeemen. ■'■SsTjl v Besides Howard. Bruton the following man - m >• present at the masting Bfrw <H3M son and Norman B,:# Joe Johnson and WMtom Semß W Erwin. John D. Follatt aA WtSm Creek, and H. O. Rood ts UHB ton. m|
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